Beginnings

Episode 406: Michael Collins of Drugdealer

We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and up-and-coming comedians, musicians, writers and artists about their earliest creative acts and about other formative childhood experiences.

On today's episode I talk to Michael Collins AKA Drugdealer.
Originally from Boston, Michael much more identifies an an artist
rather than a musician, even though his music is quite wonderful.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and began making music under
different drug pun monikers including Run DMT and Salvia Plath, and
eventually formed Drugdealer, which he thinks of as more of a
collective than a band and includes folks like Ariel Pink and
members of Weyes Blood. Their first album The End of Comedy was
released in 2016, and his latest Raw Honey will be released by
Mexican Summer on April 19th.

About the Podcast

We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and on-their-way-up comedians, musicians, writers, artists and thinkers about their earliest creative acts, their formative childhood experiences, and how they've developed both creatively and emotionally over the years. Beginnings is part therapy, part philosophy and almost all fascinating (95% according to FDA studies).